mlvassallo said:
Ok Mav. I obviously don't know you. But I do know you can't handle a few post on a message board saying that you are wrong.
This movie sucked. I am not the only one who said it. Calling you a "fanboy" (where is the harm in that really?- If I had a dime for being called a fanboy in a forum... ) was out of line and I apologize BUT I will not agree with you that this movie was any good.
Here is my back up:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/silent_hill/
And that is NOT the movie industry pidgon-holing the movie just because it is based on a video game- that is the result of bad reviews from other "intelligent movie lovers".
Note to self- Maverick does not like being disagreed with. I can handle that. I really am a nice guy
I read those on rottentomatoes. Those are just opinions like yours and mine. Critics loving or hating a movie dosen't affect my opinion at all, although I do respect them most of the time. Lots of them loved
Lost in Translation and I thought it was quite ostentatious.
Actually what I can't handle is when people try to categorize me over the internet. You actually said "craized fanboy" and "Then you don't read the english language much". Maybe I did take your posts a little too seriously, but they seemed derogatory to me (whether you meant them to be just a little demeaning or not, they were demeaning nonetheless).
You don't have to agree with me that the movie was good, and actually I do like being disagreed with because I like to debate with people. I just ask that debates stick to topics and facts, and don't turn into personal attacks (that wording might be a tad too strong but I think you know what I mean). It doesn't matter to me personally if you liked the movie or not, I don't get into debates to change a person's mind (IMO that's impossible to do online), I just like getting my point across.
I don't remember ever saying it was the greatest movie ever and everyone should see it at least 3 times. What I said was "It wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible, it was good." I also said "Just remember that SH is a horror film, it's not Oscar Wilde. It totally worked for me on a popcorn movie level . . ." Evidently we go into horror movies expecting totally different things.
It captured the look and feel of SH perfectly, it took the game material seriously, it didn't take any kind of kiddy route (very mature), special effects were very good, and I never got bored even though the movie is something like 2hr, the movie is accessible to fans and newcomers (if your girfriend doesn't follow SH, she won't have to ask things like "who is that person" & "where is that from in a game?"
The movie explains things a little too much (although when you see the ending you realize that perhaps it didn't explain everything to you after all), graphic violence can be somewhat shocking to some, while I will say the dialouge wasn't the best ever (I don't think anyone who helped make the movie ever thought it would be), and that it could've been better, it still felt fine to me.